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1450–1489 · Medieval

Gerontius (Russian: Геронтий; died 1489) was Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, from 1473 until 1489.

649 · Medieval · Benedictines

Gertrude of Hamage (died 649), or Gertrude of Cambrai, was the founder and first abbess of Hamage. She was the wife of Richomer, patrician of Burgundy, and likely the mother of Bertrude, Queen of the Franks.

626–659 · Medieval · Benedictines

Gertrude of Nivelles, OSB (also spelled Geretrude, Geretrudis, Gertrud; c. 628 – 17 March 659) was an abbess who, with her mother Itta, founded the Abbey of Nivelles, now in Belgium. She is venerated in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions.

701–806 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Gervold (or Girowald, or Gerwald, or Gerbaud) is a monk, diplomat of Charlemagne, bishop of Evreux around 785, and abbot of Saint Wandrille from 787. He died in 806 or 807. He was the uncle of Saint Ansegisus whom he tonsured and clerked around 795.

509 · Medieval

Saint Gibrian (or Gybrian, Gobrian; died 509) was an Irish saint associated with Reims and the Marne region. Gibrian's story appears in the fourth book of the Historia Remensis ecclesiae ("History of the church of Reims"), which was written by Flodoard in the tenth century.

1170–1250 · Medieval · Benedictines

Egidio di Casaio, known in Spanish as Gil del Casaio (c. 1170 – c. 1250), was a Spanish Christian monk and abbot. He was a Benedictine (or Cistercian) monk and abbot of the Abbey of Saint Martin of Castañeda. After retiring to a hermitage, he remained there until his death.

1101–1245 · Medieval

Gilbert de Moravia (died 1245), later known as Saint Gilbert of Dornoch, or Gilbert of Caithness, was the most famous Bishop of Caithness and founder of Dornoch Cathedral.

1070–1145 · Medieval

Gillebert (Irish: Gilla Espaic; c. 1070–1145) was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Limerick from 1106 to 1140. Very little is known of Gillebert's early life but it is known that he travelled throughout the Continent and was acquainted with Anselm at R…

1009 · Medieval

Gilbert of Meaux (died 13 February 1015), later known as Saint Gilbert of Meaux, was originally from Vermandois. He was the first canon in Saint-Quentin and then became bishop of Meaux.

1083–1189 · Medieval · Augustinians

Gilbert of Sempringham (c. 1085 – 4 February 1189) was an English Catholic who founded the Gilbertine Order. He was the only medieval Englishman to found a conventual order, mainly because the Cîteaux Abbey declined his request to assist him in organising a group of nuns living w…

1076–1152 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Gilbert von Neuffontaines was born in Auvergne, France, in 1076 and served as a Catholic priest within the Premonstratensian order. He died in France in 1152 and is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

500–570 · Medieval

Gildas — also known as Gildas Badonicus, Gildas fab Caw (in Middle Welsh texts and antiquarian works) and Gildas Sapiens (Gildas the Wise) — was a 6th-century British monk best known for his religious polemic De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, which recounts the history of the B…

640–710 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Giles , also known as Giles the Hermit, was a hermit or monk active in the lower Rhône most likely in the 7th century. Revered as a saint, his cult became widely diffused but his hagiography is mostly legendary.

931 · Medieval

Saint Guimerra (died 932) was Bishop of Carcassonne. According to a report by the Bollandists in the Acta Sanctorum, he was the first bishop of Carcassonne; another tradition, refuted by Louis Duchesne, dates his episcopate to the 6th century.

801 · Medieval

Ginés de la Jara (also known as Ginés de la Xara, Ginés el Franco, Genesius Sciarensis) is a semi-legendary saint of Spain. He is associated with the region surrounding Cartagena, of which he is co-patron.

1117 · Medieval

Giorgio di Suelli was a presbyter born in Cagliari who later served as a bishop. He died in Suelli in 1117 and is recognized as a saint.

1266–1307 · Medieval

Giovanna da Signa (1245 – 9 November 1307) was an Italian Roman Catholic from Florence and a recluse with a reputation for being a miracle worker.

1215–1300 · Medieval

Saint Giovanni Olini was a priest born in Trieste in 1215 and a citizen of the Republic of Venice. He died in Trieste in 1300 and is buried in the Saint Blaise church.

955–1000 · Medieval

John X, known as Giovanni da Besate ('John of Besate') or Giovanni Vincenzo ('John Vincent'), was the archbishop of Ravenna from 983 until 998. John belonged to a prominent family from Besate in Lombardy.

1190–1242 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Giovanni da Salerno was born in 1190 in Salerno and served as a Catholic priest within the Dominican Order. He died in 1242 in Florence and is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1070–1139 · Medieval · Benedictines

John of Matera or Mathera, also known as John of Pulsano (Italian: San Giovanni da Matera) was a Benedictine monk. John was born at Matera to a family of nobles.

900 · Medieval

Saint Giovanni di Tui was a Portuguese citizen born in Porto. He died in Tui in 900.

757–810 · Medieval · Benedictines

Gisela (757, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany – 810–11, Chelles, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France) was a Frankish princess and abbess. There are also two variations of her name, which are Gisele and Giselle.

906 · Medieval · Benedictines

Justus of Novalesa, or Justus of Susa (9th century – October 19, 906, in Oulx), was a monk of the Abbey of Novalesa and a martyr in Oulx alongside his confrere Flavian, both victims of Saracen incursions.

978 · Medieval

Egyptian martyr and saint (-978)

1365–1425 · Medieval

Giyorgis of Segla (c. 1365 – 1 July 1425), also known as Giyorgis of Gasicha or Abba Giyorgis, was an Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox monk, saint, and author of religious books. Giyorgis' work has had great influence on Ethiopian monastic calendars, hymns and Ge'ez literature.

830 · Medieval

Saint Glastian of Kinglassie (or Glastianus, Glascianus; died 830) was a bishop based in Fife who acted as a mediator in the wars between the Picts and the invading Scots. His feast day is 28 January.

987–1015 · Medieval

Gleb Vladimirovich (c. 990s – September 9, 1015, near Smolensk; baptized David) was the Prince of Murom (c. 1013–1015) and a son of the Grand Prince of Kiev, Vladimir the Great, by either Princess Anna or an unknown Bulgarian woman, possibly of the Volga Bulgars.

580–610 · Medieval

Glodesind (572−608) was a saint, nun, abbess, and founder of a convent in Metz, France, during the time of King Childebert II (575−596) of Austrasia. She was a member of the Carolingian nobility.

585–649 · Medieval

Saint Goar of Aquitaine (Latin: Goaris; c. 585 – 6 July 649 AD) was a French priest and hermit of the seventh century. He was offered the position of Bishop of Trier, but prayed to be excused from the position. Goar is noted for his piety and is revered as a miracle-worker.

501 · Medieval

Saint Gobnait (fl. 6th century?), also known as Gobnat or Mo Gobnat or Abigail or Deborah, is the name of an early medieval female Irish saint whose church was Móin Mór, later Bairnech, in the village of Ballyvourney (Irish: Baile Bhuirne), County Cork in Ireland.

660–725 · Medieval

Saint Gobrien de Vannes was a Breton churchman, nineteenth Bishop of Vannes, in the eighth century. His feast is 10 November. Gobrien was born around 660.

640–700 · Medieval

Godeberta (Gothic meaning "fervor", 640–April 9 or 11, 670; also called Gotheberta and Gothoberta) was a saint and abbess. She was born of "pious parents" in Amiens, France, north of Paris. Her parents were nobles attached to the king's court, so she was carefully educated.

1052–1070 · Medieval

Saint Godelieve (also known as Godeleva, Godeliève, and Godelina; Dutch: Sint-Godelieve) (c. 1052 – 6 July 1070) was a Flemish saint. Every year, on the Sunday following 5 July, a procession celebrating Saint Godelieve takes place in Gistel.

1066–1115 · Medieval · Benedictines

Godfrey of Amiens (French: Geoffroy d'Amiens) (1066–1115) was a bishop of Amiens. He is a saint in the Catholic Church. Godfrey was born in 1066 in Moulincourt as the third child of a noble family, in the Diocese of Soissons.

1065–1170 · Medieval

Godric of Finchale (or St Goderic) (c. 1065-1070 – 21 May 1170) was an English hermit, merchant and popular medieval saint, although he was never formally canonised. He was born in Walpole in Norfolk and died in Finchale in County Durham.

600–647 · Medieval

Goeric of Metz (Latin: Goericus; French: Goëri; died September 19 643 AD), also known as Abbo I of Metz, Goericus of Metz, and Gury of Metz, was a bishop of Metz. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches.

601–675 · Medieval

Goeznovius (died c. 675 according to one account but more probably fl. sixth century.), also known as Goueznou, was a Cornish-born Bishop of Léon in Brittany, who is venerated as a saint in the region around Brest and the diocese of Léon.

750–843 · Medieval

Gohard or Gunhard was a 9th-century bishop of Nantes, lord of Blain, saint and cephalophore martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. Gohard was born in Angers.

501–591 · Medieval

Golindouch, Golindukht, Golindokht, or Dolindokht (Greek: Γολινδούχ, Γολιανδοὺχ) (died 591) was a noble Persian lady who converted to Christianity, took the name Maria, and became a saint and martyr. She converted from Zoroastrianism to Christianity in the reign of Khosrau I.

676 · Medieval

Saint Gondelbert (also Gondelbertus, Gundebert, Gumbert, Gombert, or Gondeberg; Latin: Gumbertus, etc.) was the founder of the Benedictine Senones Abbey in the Rabodeau (fr:Rabodeau) valley of the Vosges mountains around 640 AD.

823 · Medieval

Saint Gondulphus, Gundulfus, Gondulf, or Gondon (died 6 September 823) was the Bishop of Metz from 816 until his death. As bishop, Gondulphus succeeded Angilram, who caused Paul the Deacon to write the Liber de episcopis Mettensibus, and who probably died in 791.

550 · Medieval

Goneri of Brittany was a sixth-century hermit of the church in Britain. Goneri lived as an exile to the world amongst the Breton people, a Celtic nation of northwestern France. It is recorded that his hermitage was situated near the community of Tréguier.

1086–1165 · Medieval · Benedictines

Goswin (French: Gossuin) was a Benedictine abbot. Born in Douai in 1086, then in the County of Flanders and since 1668 in France, he studied in Paris and afterwards returned to Douai to teach theology.

1096–1127 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Gottfried of Cappenberg was born in 1096 in Cappenberg to Gottfried I of Cappenberg and Beatrix von Hildrizhausen. He was married to Ida of Arnsberg before becoming a Premonstratensian monk. He died in 1127 in Ilbenstadt and is recognized as a Catholic saint.

960–1038 · Medieval · Benedictines

Gotthard (or Godehard) (960 – 5 May 1038 AD; Latin: Gotthardus, Godehardus), also known as Gothard or Godehard the Bishop, was a German bishop venerated as a saint. Gotthard was born in 960 near Niederaltaich in the diocese of Passau.

1043–1066 · Medieval

Gottschalk, sometimes rendered as Godescalc (Latin: Godescalcus; died 7 June 1066), was a prince of the Obotrite confederacy from 1043 to 1066. He established a Polabian Slavic kingdom on the Elbe (in the area of present-day northeastern Germany) in the mid-11th century.

550–616 · Medieval

Saint Goulven de Léon (also Golven, Golvinus, Golvenus) was a saint in Brittany in the 6th-7th century. Any knowledge of his life is derived from his vita, of which only a copy of a transcription of the original remains and whose historical accuracy is in question.

401–511 · Medieval

Saint Gratus of Oloron (French: Grat d'Oloron; Catalan: Grat d'Auloron; also known, from his place of birth, as Grat de Lichos) (born 5th century; died after 506) was the first bishop of Oloron. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.

580 · Medieval

Saint Gredifael (also spelt Gredivel, Gredivael or Credifael) is the patron saint and founder of St Gredifael's Church, Penmynydd, in Anglesey, Wales. According to Enwogion Cymru, Gredifael was a saint who lived in the early part of the sixth century.